Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients
Characteristics | |
|---|---|
Number of patients (n) | 184 |
Age [median (range)] | 48 (3–85) |
Gender (male/female) | 110/74 |
Number of prescriptions (n) | 195 |
Number of prescriptions including: | |
1–8 drugs (n) | 110 |
9–17 drugs (n) | 71 |
18–25 drugs (n) | 14 |
Diagnoses classification (n) | |
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases | 7 |
Neoplasms | 43 |
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism | 1 |
Diseases of the circulatory system | 32 |
Diseases of the respiratory system | 68 |
Diseases of the digestive system | 6 |
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 6 |
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified | 1 |
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes | 4 |
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services | 16 |